Burn-Lee or Burn-Leh

[PadihamThickNeck]

Burnlehhhh for me and most people in the town say it that way I would presume, a lot of people don’t know what we are saying when we say Burnleh.

It should ge Burnlee shouldn’t it ??

[Rowls]

Finally.

We're tackling the important issues.

It's definitely Burn-lee

[rufus lumley]

If you don't know by now you will never know.

[Rowls]

If you don't know by now you will never know.

Anyone else hear this post in the voice of Mick Hucknall?

[Fenwick]

Bur nur lee, you heathens!

[bobinho]

Burnlehhhh for me and most people in the town say it that way I would presume, a lot of people don’t know what we are saying when we say Burnleh.

It should ge Burnlee shouldn’t it ??

It’s Burnleh….

Calling it Burnlee would be like calling Paddy um, Pad eye ham.

So behave, thickneck.

[TheFamilyCat]

Anyone else hear this post in the voice of Mick Hucknall?

No, David Brent

[AfloatinClaret]

I thought it was Barnsley?

[Pickles]

Say where you're from or who you support to someone from down south and they'll instantly echo "Burnlehhhhhh."

It's Burnleh. Should be like that on the badge really.

[joey13]

Burn a lee is wonderful apparently

[bobinho]

Burn a lee is wonderful apparently

Apparently so. It’s full of tips, flannel and carrots, so what’s not to like?

[Billy Balfour]

Leh.

[ClaretAL]

Burnleh for me like Townleh hall and you you dont pronounce Bromley Brmlee

[Burnley1989]

Burnleh, I’m well aware that to those outside of the town, this is the incorrect way to pronounce the word, but I’ll change for no man!

[Bin Ont Turf]

It's Burnleh when said in conversation.

For obvious reasons it's Burnlee when sung.

It's got me thinking though, which other clubs fans say and sing their names differently? Are there any?

[elwaclaret]

We sing Burn-Lee in the tradition of singing in American accents. It is pronounced Burn-leh. Like Colne is Kone and Bury not Berry. The Lancashire accents routes are Germanic… Angle and Saxon… stop bowing to the French pronunciation… what do they know.

[Jimmymaccer]

Leh…

Never, lee.

Lee almost as bad as “going on Turf”…

[4:20]

My mate north of the border used to pronounce it Bonlay.

[elwaclaret]

Further to my previous post… Years ago my dad went out to the Angle district and said it was hilarious to hear Germans speaking in English but sounding like they’d all been taught in East Lancashire

[ClaretTony]

My mate north of the border used to pronounce it Bonlay.

And Bon becomes Born with Irish.

Burnleh for me.

[Bosscat]

Burnleh

[Bin Ont Turf]

Like Colne is Kone

That's certainly not how you pronounce Colne in East Lancs.

[bfcjg]

Bern-leh I've a milder accent as I'm upper middle class. Elocution lessons told me drop the u pronounce e and you'll be treated as a celeb in the Miners.

[Dressinggown]

If you travel anywhere and someone asks you where you are from, do you say Bur-Ner-Lee ?

I doubt it.

[Colburn_Claret]

Buurrnleh

I loved the accent of my Hassy family as a child.
Definitely first vowel elongated, second vowel clipped, for everything, including Buurrnleh.

[bfccrazy]

I moved away and got this written in my hard hat at work by some colleague after a couple of weeks

Think that settles that one.

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[Bosscat]

My Satnav always says Burn-leh

Mind ypu it say Gwisboruff and KeyLee



Say no more

[Wile E Coyote]

All wrong I think, there is no "R" in the name at all when spoken .Maybe Buuhnlah, or Buuhnleh.

[FCBurnley]

I thought it was Barnsley?

Surely you mean Burnsley

[The Enclosure]

The name Burnley is believed to have been derived from Brun Lea, meaning "meadow by the River Brun".[3] Various other spellings have been used: Bronley (1241), Brunley (1251) and commonly Brumleye (1294)[4]

[GordonvaleClaret]

I've got a mate from Tommerdin. He says he's from Tod-moor-dun.

[kazza]

Burn-leh

[groove]

I pronounce it burn-lih. With the ey sounding like the i in indigo, India.

[AfloatinClaret]

I pronounce it burn-lih. With the ey sounding like the i in indigo, India.

That's how I 'think' that I pronounce it too, but the reality is that without recording and listening, none of us can really know how everyone else hears what we're saying.

[tiger76]

Another one firmly in the Burn-leh camp.

[Marty Dobson]

And Bon becomes Born with Irish.

No it don't its pronounced Buurnlee.